RADIO BULLETIN NO: 04 FOR 12H00

Contributed by NAMPA.

HERE IS TODAY’S BULLETIN FOR 12H00
THURSDAY, 08 MARCH 2018
NAMIBIA PRESS AGENCY

1 (RUNDU, 08 MAR (NAMPA) – The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for 2017 is estimated to be at a mild contraction of 0,4 per cent, the Minister of Finance, Calle Schlettwein has said.

Schlettwein said this when he tabled the N.dollars 65 billion 2018/2019 National Budget in the National Assembly yesterday.

The Minister said this was mainly on account of reduced public spendin ...